Husband of recently charged woman also charged with child rape

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Jun 19, 2009 at 12:01 AMJun 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM

A Whitinsville man was arrested yesterday on a charge of raping a child, police said, two days after his wife was arrested on the same charge. Joseph Mayotte, 46, of 67 Laura Lane, was arrested at 1:47 p.m. and charged with indecent assault and battery of a child under 14 and statutory rape of a child, police said.

Krista Perry/Daily News staff

A Whitinsville man was arrested yesterday on a charge of raping a child, police said, two days after his wife was arrested on the same charge.

Joseph Mayotte, 46, of 67 Laura Lane, was arrested at 1:47 p.m. and charged with indecent assault and battery of a child under 14 and statutory rape of a child, police said.

Police Chief Walter Warchol said the arrest came after a two-week investigation.

Mayotte is scheduled to be arraigned today in Uxbridge District Court.

His wife, Linda M. Mayotte, also of 67 Laura Lane, was arrested Tuesday and charged with six counts of statutory child rape and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, police said.

Prosecutors said the victim was a boy she knew. Prosecutors say the alleged rapes occurred between Feb. 1 and June 1, 2005.

Linda Mayotte's defense lawyer said the boy only recently reported the alleged incidents to police while being questioned about a theft.

Linda Mayotte pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Uxbridge District Court.

She was held on $2,500 bail, and ordered to wear a monitoring device if she posts bail.

Three children living in Mayotte's home were reportedly taken into state custody.

Associated Press material was used in this story. Krista Perry can be reached at kperry@cnc.com or 508-634-7546.